NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD / SOLE SOURCE - CLINICAL LABORATORY HEMATOLOGY ANALYZERS SERVICES- TSAILE HEALTH CENTER

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Tsaile Health Center intends to award a non-competitive, sole sourced purchase order to, Sysmex of America Inc., for clinical laboratory Hematology Analyzers services.

The anticipated period of performance is from 9/1/2026 to 8/31/2027 with two one-year option periods. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is, 325413, with a small business size standards in number of employees 1,250.

The Proposed Contractor is the only organization uniquely qualified to provide the required services to ensure that there is no interruption in services that could impact direct patient care. The proposed contractor's equipment is currently on-site, fully installed, and is currently being used by laboratory staff to provide direct patient care testing services. Changing out systems would negatively impact patient care and laboratory staff are fully trained with current system. Sysmex of America Inc is the only company to have the XN-1000R hematology analyzer that is under our Cost-Per-Reagent-Rental agreement with the Veterans Administration under VA/FSS contract, V797D-40235.

This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.  If no affirmative written response is received by Closing Date/Time the contract will be issued without further notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.  Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).